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Compare Paessler PRTG and Sematext Cloud 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (44.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
Starting at $0.00 Per Month
Paessler PRTG
Star Rating
(177)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 10000 Sensors Per Year
Browse all 7 pricing plansSematext Cloud
Star Rating
(38)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $0.00 Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Paessler PRTG excels in overall user satisfaction, reflected in its higher G2 Score compared to Sematext Cloud. Users appreciate the customizable alerting feature that provides instant notifications on server issues, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Users say that the implementation process for Paessler PRTG is notably user-friendly, with many highlighting the intuitive onboarding wizard that simplifies setup. In contrast, while Sematext Cloud also receives praise for its ease of use, it lacks the same level of detailed guidance during initial setup.
- Reviewers mention that Paessler PRTG offers a comprehensive dashboard for monitoring server health, which has streamlined their monitoring processes. Users find it beneficial to have all health checkups in one place, whereas Sematext Cloud, while effective, is noted for being more focused on workload management.
- According to verified reviews, Sematext Cloud shines in its customer support, with users frequently praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team. This is an area where Paessler PRTG, despite being effective, could improve based on user feedback.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Sematext Cloud provides excellent insights into CPU and memory usage, making it a strong choice for teams focused on resource management. However, Paessler PRTG's robust alerting capabilities and automation features are often seen as more advantageous for server monitoring.
- Users report that both tools have their strengths, but Paessler PRTG's higher total number of reviews indicates a more established user base, suggesting greater reliability in user experiences. Sematext Cloud, while newer and less reviewed, still offers valuable features like querying response headers for specific monitoring needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial
Free Trial
10000 Sensors Per Year
30 Day Full Access Free Trial
100% Free. No Credit Card Required
Free Version After the Trial
- Free Full Features for 30 days
Sematext Cloud
Logs
Starting at $0.00
Per Month
1-150 GB/day | 7 days - 1 year retention
- Searching & Filtering
- Elasticsearch API
- Kibana Integration
Free Trial
Paessler PRTG
Free Trial is available
Sematext Cloud
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
153
9.1
27
Ease of Use
8.9
153
9.3
28
Ease of Setup
8.8
135
9.0
22
Ease of Admin
8.7
103
9.2
22
Quality of Support
8.7
140
9.4
26
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
95
9.5
22
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
144
9.6
26
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
9.5
30
Not enough data
9.6
31
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Database Monitoring
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
75
Not enough data
9.2
74
Not enough data
7.9
71
Not enough data
9.1
69
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
8.6
38
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
9.0
41
Not enough data
Management
8.9
68
Not enough data
8.8
70
Not enough data
8.0
67
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
7.7
38
Not enough data
7.5
38
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.2
38
Not enough data
7.6
37
Not enough data
7.1
38
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
7.5
38
Not enough data
7.1
38
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
5.7
37
Not enough data
5.5
37
Not enough data
5.8
37
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Monitoring
8.8
27
9.0
7
8.0
25
Not enough data
7.8
24
9.3
5
9.0
26
10.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
27
9.7
5
7.5
24
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.4
27
8.3
7
8.6
26
9.0
7
7.1
24
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.2
54
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.5
52
Not enough data
8.0
50
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
9.1
54
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Hardware Monitoring
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Visibility
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.1
56
10.0
6
9.3
56
9.7
6
8.9
54
9.3
5
Monitoring and Management
8.9
54
9.3
5
8.0
51
Not enough data
8.5
53
9.3
5
9.3
56
9.7
5
9.1
49
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
Cloud environment support
8.3
41
Not enough data
8.3
43
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
57
Not enough data
8.9
56
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
7.2
51
Feature Not Available
Management
8.9
56
Not enough data
9.2
55
Not enough data
9.0
54
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Monitoring
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.1
22
Not enough data
9.2
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
Data Preparation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.2
20
9.2
6
8.8
20
9.4
6
9.3
20
9.8
7
6.8
20
Not enough data
9.3
21
Not enough data
Response
9.3
21
9.8
7
9.0
21
9.3
7
8.4
20
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
8.6
22
Not enough data
8.3
22
9.0
5
Functionality
8.6
22
9.0
5
8.8
22
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.3
23
9.0
5
Alerts management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Automation
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Observability Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Features - Observability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Paessler PRTG and Sematext Cloud are categorized as Server Monitoring, Database Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Monitoring, Enterprise Monitoring, and Observability Software
Unique Categories
Paessler PRTG is categorized as Hardware Monitoring
Sematext Cloud is categorized as Log Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM), Website Monitoring, IT Alerting, Container Monitoring, and Log Analysis
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Paessler PRTG
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sematext Cloud
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.1%
Telecommunications
7.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Computer Software
3.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.0%
Other
55.2%
Information Technology and Services
21.1%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
7.9%
Computer Software
7.9%
Computer & Network Security
7.9%
Program Development
5.3%
Other
50.0%
Discussions
Paessler FAQ
1 Comment
GR
https://www.paessler.com/support/faqsRead more
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using PRTG Network Monitor for your IT infrastructure, and what improvements would you suggest?
1 Comment
MA
Flexible Licensing:
The licensing model is based on the number of sensors, allowing organizations to choose a plan that fits their specific needs and budget.Read more
Paessler PRTG has no more discussions with answers
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